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With tough competition on its heels, the Grand Award winner and winner of the Safety category of the 2014 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards was the Integrated Glove-Box Door & Airbag---an injection molded “active glove box” and integrated knee airbag system on the 2015 Ford Mustang. In fact, this integrated design is now standard on the mass-produced 2015 LHD Mustang and on 2016 Europe LHD and RHD Mustang.

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It is produced by Faurecia Interior Systems, Auburn Hills, Mich., using engineered PP compounds from Sidney, Ohio: ADX 5028 a 20% talc-filled PP with high rubber content for cold ductility and ADX 5017, a20% talc-filled PP stiffer than 5028 to provide a reaction surface.

A third material used is a TPO from , Greer, S.C.  Developed for airbag doors, TT850N TPO performs well at high-strain rates in hot and cold temperatures.

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